“Big Money” Mega Millions Winners In New York

Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing was very lucky for some lottery players in New York State.

The New York State Lottery announced that there were two "Big Money" winning tickets from last night's Mega Millions sold in New York.

Both those tickets matched four out of five numbers and also had the Mega Ball. Each one of those tickets won the 3rd place prize of $10,000.

Tuesday's winning Mega Millions numbers were: 16-22-26-36-56 with a Mega Ball of 01.

No one claimed the grand prize, so Friday Night's Mega Millions jackpot is up to $281 million dollars.

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If you are looking for an edge to winning the next Mega Millions drawing, you might want to get your next lottery ticket at one of these locations.

There are the luckiest places to buy a lottery ticket in New York State.

The 3rd luckiest store chain for lottery tickets is Wegmans. They sold 281 big winning tickets since 2012.

The 2nd luckiest store chain is Tops. They have sold over 350 winning lottery tickets of $5000 or more since 2012.

And now for the luckiest store chain to get your lottery ticket from:

7-11

Yes, the convenience store chain has sold over 1000 winning lottery tickets that had a jackpot of $5000 or more.

So if you are looking for all the competitive advantages when it comes to winning the lottery, you may want to change your mind about where you buy your ticket from.

Heck, you might even want to buy a ticket from each store chain to help your chances of winning.